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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
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Themissus
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: the-miss-iss
Sentence: Heff wanted to spread the love, amongst other pestilences, but themissus was adamant that they were "meant to be together" and some other soppy nonsense.
Etymology: Because it's pretty much the normal behavior of women who think not being a sex-object appeals to men.
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COMMENTS:
Obvious? Maybe the themister works too. - Stevenson0, 2007-04-17: 12:56:00
See sexist etymology (just below the word "nonsense") for rebuttal. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 13:12:00
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Slaveheart
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: slayve-hart
Sentence: Mark was an obsessive slaveheart, becoming insanely jealous over Leigh Ann even spending time with her beloved Verbotomy.
Etymology: slave, brave heart
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COMMENTS:
Love the sentence! - toadstool57, 2007-04-17: 07:45:00
Almost as perfect as the film, which, contrary to mindless popular belief, is more than a wee bit better than Lord of the Rings. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 08:18:00
I know a mindless popular who was a swoonatic for Mel Gibson until she found out he was a cathaholic. - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-17: 18:07:00
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Dearanny
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: deer-uh-nee
Sentence: When she hired a spy to watch my every move, I knew her love had become an unbearable dearanny.
Etymology: dear + tyranny
Amorder
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: amor-der
Sentence: Alex knew from the start that Linda was a bit controlling. His friends warned him, but he prided himself in making his own decisions about women. It was when Linda started to amorder him around that he exited..."stage left."
Etymology: amor:Spanish for Love order: to demand
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COMMENTS:
Welcome back, lumina...you light up my life...wait that was an old song.... - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:43:00
Hail, Luminati! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-04: 04:26:00
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Programouriste
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: proh GRAM-oor-IS-teh
Sentence: Roxie was starting to think that a "binary" approach was needed to have Bob's love 24/7. Computer savy, she thought that a amicrochip behind the ear might just do the job.(Look how intensely she's studying his ear) An amonopolist she was; an enthralling programouriste she planned to be. Watch out Bob! Remember today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality.
Etymology: PROGRAM: To train to perform automatically in a desired way; to train to behave in a predetermined way; a systematic plan for the automatic solution of a problem by a computer. AMOUR: love or desire," from Anglo-Fr. + ISTE: one who practices (the Old French form.)
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COMMENTS:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:12:00
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Amorosite
Created by: brianmcmickle
Pronunciation: ah-mor-o-site
Sentence: He could escape the constant questioning of the amorosite as she constantly redirected his attention towards her by making him feel guilty about it being directed anywhere else.
Etymology: Combination of the Spanish word Amor meaning love and the word parasite (attached to a host sucking its life force).
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COMMENTS:
Perfect! - lumina, 2008-06-24: 22:04:00
Nice word Brian. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-25: 06:38:00
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Sin-wat
Created by: vonnegut
Pronunciation: sin-wat
Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.
Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.
Monopoleyes
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: mon-op-oh-lies
Sentence: She wants to monopoleyes me - I am not allowed to look at anyone else.
Etymology: monopoly (exclusive rights to sell something) + eyes (implying you can only look at one person). Also a play on the word monopolize.
Stealationshipper
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: steal + (nation minus first n) + s + (hippie minus ie) + (error minus ror) = pro-nun-sci-ey-tion
Sentence: She was a classic stealationshipper, a control freak lost in an endless spiral of fear and paranoia - sad but true.
Etymology: steal + relationship
Jealouse
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: JEH louse
Sentence: Lydia couldn't take it anymore. If she answered her cellphone, Mark would be right there, obviously listening to her side of the conversation. If she didn't take the call, he would "casually" say, "Hmmm... I wonder who was calling?" He would pretend to be doing tasks nearby whenever she was on e-mail, but she knew he was really trying to read over her shoulder. For a while she had thought his possessiveness was sweet, but now she realized he was just a jealouse. It was the same age-old story, except now with technology added.
Etymology: jealous + louse
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COMMENTS:
perfect word! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 12:10:00
I agree! - splendiction, 2009-11-03: 21:14:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!